What?

Yes it does.

The objectionable behavior I’m anticipating with less than full enthusiasm isn’t people doing actual harm, it’s people amusing themselves by annoying their “allies.” In McB’s example the Nord buddies could simply jump up and down in front of the Dunmer, go into sneak mode repeatedly to indicate they are teabagging his flowers, stand around in a circle so that at least one is always in the way, that sort of thing. If other random players are present on the screen, they can be irritating.

I’m confused, though. Are you saying that only other players in the same small adventuring party or guild or whatever you call it would be visible in the faction areas? So if a player was exploring alone there would be no other players around? That would be great.

The only thing I want is an RP server, but in MMO's, it doesn't really matter. When I walk up to a person and ask them for directions in an Elder Scrolls fashion, or show my desire to trade, I expect them to return the favor in the RP way.

For example:

DE: "This mortal flesh is weak, I need sustenance!"

Other player: "Dude, there's bread and cheese wheels you can steal over by da farm, lol."

Sure, some people may not RP at all and at times I don't, but if it is the RP server, at least do the other hard-core nerds a favor

It seemed that players would be separated by platform, but otherwise only by faction. Then again I could be completely misunderstanding what was said. (In one of those videos.)




ETA: Couldn't find it. Anyway my hopes are pinned on that filter thing King Coin mentioned.

Your also seperated by what you picked on the survey.

OK, great. I suppose I really don't know enough to make any kind of judgement yet. Thanks!

I just watched the video that Pseron Wyrd posted earlier in the thread. The game looks amazing. Whether I try it or not is really going to be based on cost. WoW ending up being a monthly bill that, frankly, I could live without...regardless of how much I enjoyed the game.

On a separate note, has the game been released yet? If not...do we have a release date?

From the vid we watched the other day, the three platforms are seperated...You only play with others on PS4...



What?



So you cannot kill another player unless you're in the PVP area?...

I'm agreeing with what Grits said, the annoyance thing is where it's heading...

Impsnob...What survey?...

Not a surprise, but disappointing.

Yes you can't kill a player of your faction unless you're in a PVP area because if you could it'd be stupid and I'd agree with you.

The survey you get when you make a charcter where you choose what kind of people you want in your game,since they don't have servers they have one Mega Server(well three for each region) so you can choose RPers,PVPers,Dungeoners.

Fair dues...Sounds like a plan!... ...

No official release date yet (to the best of my knowledge). They're on the third round of closed beta invites right now. An educated guess might be: spring 2014...but who knows?

One thing we don't need any more of in the Elder Scrolls franchise, in my opinion, is any more inflexible release dates. I'm happy with Zenimax pushing back an intended release date if they think the game needs more work.

Perhaps 13/13/13?

Or 14/14/14.

Spring 2014 is the release date.

According to gaming journalism (a source for which apparently cannot be located on the internet) the projected release date is spring, 2014.

And I'm sure we all know that gaming journalism is never wrong about anything.

Right it is basically just a guess.

The results make me a sad lad.

You have to keep in mind that this is a forum for single-player games. The results we see here are naturally going to be skewed. You can't place too much importance on how folks vote here.

Gamers who mostly play single-player games are often gamers who do not like multiplayer games. That's just how it is. Take a look at all the hundreds of threads in the Bethesda forums over the years asking for multiplayer. The responses are usually overwhelmingly hostile.

The opposite can also be true. There is a portion of online gamers who dislike single-player games. They think single-player games are boring because there's no human beings in them.

I'm actually kind of amazed that the poll shows as much interest as it does, to be honest.

Suppose you're right.

Yeah I gotta agree with everything here. Maybe when it is released there will be a small boost in interest and forum members but it will probably be small increases if at all.

While I agree with the thing that we shouldn't believe everything we read in the mags...One thing I read in the brother's X-Box mag today was that they repeatedly asked Zenimax about a monthly subscription charge...And Zenimax completely blanked them...

The game sounds proper epic...They had a two-hour hands on sesh, and what they did in the time sounds brilliant...But I'm not going to bother if there's a monthly charge...That I can't afford...Not for a game...

I'm betting there is a subscription fee, if there is then I definitely won't be playing it.

I don't know; considering the current MMO zeitgeist for either Pay Once, Play Forever or Free to Play models, I'd reckon it'll be one of those. I'm just hoping it's not going to be a Freemium model. That would suck magnificently.

Yeah but this is Bethsoft, they've already got a fan base behind them and they're already doing well financially, which sets them apart from other game companies trying to introduce new MMO titles. We'll just have to see, everything until they announce one way or another is just speculation anyways.

I, Darkness Eternal, give you new gameplay video.

Watching it now. Still not happy about the race/faction lock. (if it's still in and I kinda get why. I mean, can you imagine if 9 out of ten Stormcloaks were Argonians, Khajiit or Altmer?)

First of all, first-person combat actually looks neat and indeed like the single-player games. A tad too fast for my liking, but maybe that is just them making the trailer footage as exciting as possible while saving precious seconds by speeding it up a bit. I hope so. My reflexes suck.

Also neat lightning effect on that hammer.

~7:30: An Ogrim! I haven't seen those Daedric big fellas in ages!

Ok, I skipped ahead when they started saying what mmos are. Sorry, but I have a short attention span. I do really like the look of the combat system but again, too fast so hopefully they slow it down a tad. I also wish I saw more fighting that wasn't dual-wielding. It does seem that singleweapons can block though. The quick spellcasting was hotkey-based I guess and the equivalent of all the skillslots in most mmos.

Enchanting effects are gorgeous. No more static fade-in fade-out glows wrapped around the weapon!


The Daedroth looked a tad different than I thought, but I like the more outworldly stonelike skin. I mean, it's a demon from a different dimension.


I didn't get a close-up (maybe in a part I missed), but Argonians seem to be based on Skyrims. And Skyrim Argonians rock! Oblivion ones looked kinda cute and innocent, but I like the ones who mean bussiness.

DE, thanks for the vid. It looks very interesting and the scenery looks fabulous. Having never touched an MMO before, I found the discussion interesting and relevant.

Looks like it's mac compatible. Might try it out? I dunno I always liked elder scrolls for the fact that I could zone out into it. If I gotta hear a bunch of ten year-olds screaming profanities a la halo, I'm not going to be really into it.

Otherwise, looks kinda cool, and if we did a Chorrol guild as mentioned, it could definitely be fun.

It is slated to work on Mac. PC and Mac users will play together, and then Xbox One and PS4 will have separate servers.

I would like to upgrade my vote from "Not excited at all but I will still try it" to "Very excited."


There isn't any voice chatter that I know of. There is a general text chat, but that is easily filtered if you do not want to participate in that.